Steps forward and steps back

The last few days have been a flurry of activity. We have outdoor lights and outlets and they painted the concrete. We did our best to match the roof gray, to avoid having a lot of extra grays since we already have competing tones in the siding and the deck. It's hard to tell how well we did. We picked Benjamin Moore's Deep Space which looks very neutral gray in the swatch but seems a tad blueish to us in person. We had to pick relatively quickly so did not have a chance to test it out with a larger swatch:

Even this picture of foundation concrete, metal roof, and paint swatch shows a very neutral gray, and. yet the foundation definitely gives off blueish vibes. 

Inside, we have a ceiling fan now, with a proprietary down-rod. We loved this Generation Lighting Orbis fan (52'') and of COURSE it apparently had to have an incompatible down-rod diameter to every standard "just grab one off the shelf" one. So we had to special order it. We picked up a 2' and a 3' rod. And then the box with the 2' rod in it was...empty! I guess 3' it is! We also have our hardwired smoke detector and all our recessed lighting. We have also discovered that our vault is high enough that we need to find a new ladder for if we have to actually reach any of these things...

Moving to the walk-in closet area, I got my cute little chandelier and the units have been built-in and painted (some discrepancy over the doors being painted to match so they could blend in with the wall--which we wanted, given that we just received a hefty price tag to do that so...we'll be doing that part ourselves). Still, forward progress!

Our powder room finally got a sink today:

And our shower room got overhead lights in the shower and the heated towel rack. There's an issue with the Kohler valve that is BEHIND THE WALL. The plumber says it is leaky and so we're working with Kohler to get a replacement. Which will mean having to bust through the wall and replace it (they claim they can go in from the drywall side at least, and not the tile side). And you can see a hole cut into the wall near the ceiling for the shower lights installation that will need mudding. So many walls to mud and remud...

And so we're making progress. It seems like there is always a step back for every few steps forward, but we are undoubtedly moving forward. I am so ready for this project to be done!